Student and instructor experiences with a computer-based testing facility

C. Zilles, M. West, D. Mussulman, and C. Sacris

in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN18), 4441-4450, 2018.

In a large engineering university, introductory engineering courses typically have hundreds of students which makes running exams challenging. To meet this challenge, over the past 4 years we've developed a large-scale Computer-Based Testing Facility (CBTF). The CBTF is a proctored computer lab where students are offered individualized exams and these exams can include a broad range of question types (e.g., numeric, graphical, design, and programming; not just multiple choice). In Fall 2017, the CBTF served 21 courses from seven different departments in the College of Engineering and over 6,000 unique students. Over 52,000 exams were proctored, including 3,500 final exams. In this work, we explore how this large-scale introduction of computer-based testing has impacted students and instructors. Specifically, after describing the basic operation of the CBTF, we discuss the results of multiple rounds of surveys completed by students and faculty.

DOI: 10.21125/edulearn.2018.1115

Full text: ZiWeMuSa2018.pdf